Flushing, Afro-Americans : Latimer / [compiled by Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Division].

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Flushing, Afro-Americans : Latimer / [compiled by Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Division].

https://www.queenslibrary.org/historic-collection/Flushing,-Afro-Americans-[vertical-file]-:-Latimer/1399917

Consists of newspaper clippings and pamphlets. Material is still being added when appropriate. Clippings are photocopied onto acid free paper and bound when sufficient material accumulates.

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Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928

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Lewis Howard Latimer (b. Sept. 4, 1848, Chelsea, MA-d. Dec. 11, 1928, Queens, NY) was the the youngest child of Rebecca and George Latimer. Lewis joined the U.S. Navy in 1863. He married Mary Wilson Lewis in 1873 and had two daughters, Emma Jeanette and Louise Rebecca. He began working as an office boy at a patent law firm in 1865 and soon began sketching patent drawings. In 1874, he co-patented (with Charles W. Brown) an improved toilet system for railroad cars called the Water Closet for Rail...